Box 13
Contains 12 Results:
Air Force Career, 1964 - 1996
Commander, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1980 - 1993
Edwards Air Force Base Lakebed Runway Testing Program , Summer 1988
Note per Bridges, "There had been concerns about the safety of the runways for shuttle landings in particular."
Speaking notes for Back in the Saddle Day, Edwards AFB CA while Bridges was the Wing Commander, January 6, 1989
Note per Bridges, "Back in the Saddle Day was typically one of the first work days of the new year and was used as a down day for training air crews. It always begins as a meeting at the Officer’s Club for all aircrews, which is where this presentation was made."
Brochure and flag flown on the F-117A in celebration of the 1989 Collier Trophy Award to the Lockheed/Air Force F-117A Development Team and articles about the F-117A and a "goodbye" card found with material, 1989
Largest reorganization in 38 years: Expansion of 6510th Test Wing to increase AFFTC’s efficiency. Desert Wings, Volume 41, No. 1, p. 1., March 17, 1989
Test Issues, 1988 - 1993
Includes various briefings, memos and articles on the subject of conducting Air Force test operations efficiently and safely.
"6510 TW Reorg" , 1988
This folder contains a briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of the 6510th Test Wing while Bridges was the Commander.
Safety: Policy, briefings, memos and speaking notes for the 6510th Test Wing while Bridges was Commander, 1988
"F-15E LANTIRN Manual TF Eval" , 1988
Note: Per Bridges, "Approval folder used to approve a hazardous test mission or series of missions used as an example for the briefing enclosed in the previous folder regarding Command and Control of the Test Wing."
Air Force Flight Test Center, Space Shuttle Landing Operations and Support Plan, August 1988
Photograph of Edwards AFB test and support aircraft, "Test Capabilities and Facilities," and "Range Capabilities Handbook" , 1988
1988 time frame when Bridges was the 6510 Test Wing Commander.